Actor Dustin Diamond's attorney is working towards "a resolution" of charges relating to a Christmas Day (25Dec14) bar stabbing in Wisconsin. The Saved By The Bell star pleaded not guilty to a felony count of reckless endangerment and misdemeanours of disorderly conduct and carrying a concealed weapon last month (Jan15), after he was involved in a holiday brawl at the Grand Avenue Saloon in Port Washington.
According to the criminal complaint, Diamond told police the stabbing was an accident, which occurred as he stepped in to defend his fiancee, Amanda Schutz, during a fight with other patrons.
He and Schutz, who is facing a misdemeanour disorderly conduct count, returned to court on Thursday (19Feb15), when legal representative Thomas Alberti told Circuit Judge Paul V. Malloy he was in negotiations with prosecutors to settle Diamond's charges.
However, if a plea deal is not reached, the case will go to jury trial on 27 May (14).
Meanwhile, the judge also gave Schutz until 19 March (15) to find a new attorney to represent her case in the event Diamond's does reach the trial stage, as Alberti is currently working with both as clients.
Diamond faces up to 10 years behind bars if found guilty of the felony.

Actor Dustin Diamond is heading to trial after he was involved in a stabbing in Wisconsin on Christmas Day (25Dec14). The former Saved by the Bell star, 37, was arrested last month (Dec14) amid allegations he used a switchblade to injure a fellow patron during an altercation at the Grand Avenue Saloon in Port Washington.
According to the criminal complaint, Diamond told police the stabbing was an accident, which occurred as he stepped in to defend his fiancee, Amanda Schutz, during a fight with a woman and two other men.
He was charged with felony reckless endangerment and misdemeanours of disorderly conduct and carrying a concealed weapon, and released on $10,000 (£6,250) bail last week (29Dec14). He returned to Ozaukee County Circuit Court on Monday (05Jan15), when Judge Paul Malloy determined there was enough evidence for the case to go to trial.
Diamond faces up to 10 years behind bars if found guilty of the felony charge.
He is due back in court for a plea hearing on 22 January (15).
His attorney, Thomas Alberti, previously revealed the actor was confident he would be cleared of any wrongdoing as he had been acting in self-defence.

Actor Dustin Diamond has been released on bail and ordered to refrain from discussing details about his stabbing case with the media following his arrest in Wisconsin last week (ends26Dec14). The former Saved by the Bell star spent the weekend (26-28Dec14) behind bars after he was accused of using a switchblade to injure a fellow patron during an altercation at the Grand Avenue Saloon in Port Washington in the early hours of Friday (26Dec14).
According to the criminal complaint, Diamond told police the stabbing was an accident, which occurred as he stepped in to defend his girlfriend, Amanda Schutz, after she became involved in a fight with a woman and two other men.
He posted $10,000 (£6,250) bail on Monday morning (29Dec14), before appearing in Ozaukee County Circuit Court to face a felony second-degree charge of recklessly endangering safety and misdemeanours of disorderly conduct and carrying a concealed weapon.
During the hearing, his attorney Thomas Alberti appealed for Diamond's bail to be reduced, despite already posting the funds, and called for a jury trial for his client, who did not speak in court.
The judge did not make an immediate decision on the requests and instead set the next hearing for 5 January (15).
Diamond was also banned from talking about his case to the press, hours after Alberti issued a statement to ABC News, revealing the actor was confident he would be cleared of any wrongdoing as he had been acting in self-defence.
Speaking outside court on Monday, Alberti insisted, "Dustin has complete faith in the justice system...", and added, "(He) made the best of his time here (in jail). He got caught up on some books (sic)."
If found guilty, the felony charge could land Diamond up to 10 years in jail, according to ABC News.

You know that reality show you love - the one you make fun of with your friends, but secretly watch? Don't be ashamed! We all have guilty pleasure shows that we don't confess to watching. But if it's a show you really enjoy, there's nothing to feel guilty about. Reality TV is inherently entertaining - people fighting and creating unnecessary drama is fun to watch. Whether you can't get enough of The Real Housewives or have seen every season of Teen Mom, it's time to come clean. You're not alone.
1. Keeping Up with the Kardashians
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Can you believe there was a time when we didn’t know who Kim, Khloé and Kourtney were? We’ll follow the antics of this crazy family forever. Like Kim's Paper Magazine cover.
2. The Real Housewives
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New Jersey, Beverly Hills, Atlanta, it doesn’t matter. As long as there are rich people fighting, you’re there.
3. Catfish
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This show taught us all the importance of Google Image Search, and to not trust anyone without a webcam. Also, the bromance between Nev and Max is pretty great.
4. The Challenge
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Hot people getting drunk, hooking up, and doing ridiculous things for money! What’s not to love?
5. The Bachelor/Bachelorlette
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You know that almost every couple that comes out of this show is doomed to fail, but you can’t stop watching.
6. Naked and Afraid
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It’s riveting to watch two strangers try to survive together in the harshest of conditions. Also, butts. (Ok, this is actually Kirsten Bell parodying the show.)
7. Toddlers and Tiaras
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With all the makeup, sparkles and outrageous costumes, you are really glad you didn’t have a stage parent.
8. Dance Moms
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Same as above, but you’re also in awe of how talented the young dancers are.
9. Pawn Stars
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It’s a show your dad would watch, but it brings out your inner history nerd.
10. America’s Next Top Model
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Admit it: you’ve practiced your smize in the mirror before.
11. Hell’s Kitchen
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Gordon Ramsay's constant cursing and yelling at people never gets old.
12. Long Island Medium
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You’ve shed a tear or two watching Teresa connect people with their loved ones.
13. Rupaul's Drag Race
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These queens have the fiercest outfits, and know how to throw shade like none other.
14. Teen Mom
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All the baby mama drama you could possibly want.
15. The Real World
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The original "strangers picked to live in a house" show is still going strong.
16. Big Brother
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This game takes some real strategy to win, and it's fun watching all the twists and turns. There's nothing else to watch during the summer, anyway.
17. Bad Girls Club
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There's never a quiet moment in the Bad Girls house.
So be honest about the shows you watch! Your friends probably like them too.
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Actress Kristen Bell and her Veronica Mars castmates have reunited for a new web series spin-off of the hit cult TV show. Months after an historic fan-funded Veronica Mars movie hit cinemas in March (14), the cast of the teen detective drama have signed on to appear in a digital series called Play It Again, Dick.
The web series will feature show regular Ryan Hansen, who will play a version of himself, as he attempts to put together a spin-off for his character, Dick Casablancas.
Filming recently wrapped on the eight-episode series, and a number of familiar faces will appear in the spin-off, including Bell, who will return as the titular character and also play an exaggerated version of herself.
Also playing both themselves and their onscreen alter egos are Jason Dohring, Enrico Colantoni, Percy Daggs III and Francis Capra, who all starred in the Veronica Mars movie.

Actress Pauley Perrette is refusing to wed her fiance until same sex marriage is legal across the U.S. The NCIS star, a longtime supporter of equal rights causes, became engaged to former British Marine and aspiring actor Thomas Arklie, 52, in 2011, but she has been putting off her big day because she only wants to exchange vows when gay marriage is officially recognised in all 50 U.S. states. So far, lawmakers have legalised same-sex marriage in 19 states, including California, New York, Connecticut, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts.
The 45-year-old bride-to-be tells Us Weekly, "Every day we get closer. But it's fun being engaged."
Perrette, who was previously married to actor/musician Coyote Shivers, isn't the first celebrity to make such a vow - Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie famously made a similar declaration upon their engagement in 2012, while Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard also promised not to wed until same-sex marriage was legalised in California. They became man and wife in October (13), almost four months after the state's ban on gay unions was lifted in June, 2013.

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Season 2 of Elementary has come to a close and we're faced with several things all at once: Sherlock Holmes throwing his lot in in with MI6, Joan Watson moving out on her own and Mycroft Holmes vanishing in order to escape the potential wrath of the French terrorist group Le Mileu. It's going to be quite interesting to see how this all shakes out.
The first character whose future we must consider is Sherlock, specifically in regards to his decision to consult for British Intelligence. That plainly means that the esteemed detective will be setting up shop in London. What this means for Captain Thomas Gregson and detective Marcus Bell is anybody's guess. Apart from an arc that featured Bell getting shot due to something Sherlock did and Gregson trying to save his marriage at one point, the two were largely reduced to having Gregson yell at Sherlock for breaking protocol and Bell to sitting and scowling next to Sherlock during police interrogations. The writers really need to do something with those two, since Aidan Quinn and Jon Michael Hill are both too talented to just be bit players again during Season 3. A good solution would be for Holmes to realize that New York is too much in his blood and have him return there after an episode or two so they can re-integrate Gregson and Bell as Sherlock realizes his mistake.
What to do about Mycroft? Although Elementary isn't in any way strictly adherent to the canon of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's material, Rhys Ifans didn't feel like the right fit as Sherlock's brother, especially compared to the Mycroft of the BBC's Sherlock. This isn't a knock against Ifans' acting ability, but the show might want to make him undergo plastic surgery and have him coming back looking like an entirely different person. There just didn't seem to be any genuine chemistry between Ifans and Lucy Liu either — the Mycroft/Watson plot just seemed cobbled together to make Sherlock act like an even bigger ass than he normally does.
Speaking of Watson, she is a bigger issue. There still doesn't seem to be an avenue for Sherlock to have any romantic feelings for her, since he is still far too vested in his work, since that is probably one of the only things keeping him from slipping back into an abyss of drug use (though the audience is still going to be very interested to find what he did with that baggie of heroin that he stashed in his jacket pocket towards the end of Season 2. There were some who speculated that he might have intended to slip back into drug use to force Watson's hand into becoming his "sober companion," the pairing that made them fall into each other's orbits in the first place. That scenario was seemingly dashed when he decided to accept the MI6 offer, but that baggie will keep lurking like Chekhov's Gun during the summer hiatus, leaving us wondering what place it had. Will it force a reconciliation of sorts between the two or will it be forgotten?
The show is on a good path, and this upcoming season is going to be an important one in terms of it staying on stable footing. Jonny Lee Miller is a fantastic actor, and he's made Sherlock a must-watch character full of nuance beyond being an arrogant socially inept buffoon, but it's going to be up to the writers to make it must-watch TV. They have ths summer to really hammer that down or they will have even more time the following season to spend on the beach.
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On May 19 at 10 PM, The Maya Rudolph Show will premiere on NBC. After some time out in Hollywood making films like Grown-Ups and Friends with Kids, and a short stint with Up All Night, the Saturday Night Live veteran is returning to the variety show format to bring us a little song, dance, and live sketches. Right now it sounds like The Maya Rudolph Show is a one-time special that could become a series. And if NBC does pick it up for more, there are a few things we hope to see.
As Many Beyoncé Impersonations as Possible
The "Drunk in Love" video has been patiently awaiting a Maya Rudolph/Jay Pharoah remake since their unforgettable SNL skit. And the thought of Rudolph in any of those NSFW Mrs. Carter World Tour costumes is enough reason to tune in.
More Kristen Wiig, Please
Wiig and Rudolph have done so many memorable things together (their skits on SNL, Friends with Kids, and Bridesmaids), so we have every reason to demand a little Wiig cameo or two (even though we also look forward to confirmed guest appearances from Kristen Bell, Andy Samberg, Fred Armisen, Craig Robinson, Sean Hayes, and Chris Parnell). Come to think of it, a Bridesmaids cast reunion moment is long overdue and probably needs to happen as well.
The Maya Rudolph Family Hour
Maya Rudolph has four children with acclaimed director Paul Thomas Anderson, and just once it would be nice to see the whole family together... maybe doing a Sound of Music "Edelweiss" thing? Something tells us that people would definitely tune in to watch a room full of little Rudolph Andersons being extremely adorable and wonderful on stage. If Rudolph thinks this is too much, a nice big family photo shown before the first commercial would also be acceptable. Don't make this weird, Rudolph... we just want to bask in your family's talent!
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It's remarkable how much Veronica Mars feels like coming home again. Ms. Mars has had nearly a decade off from her detective duties, but the character and the series at large saunters right back into form with such a confident swagger, it feels like she never really left at all.
The product of a now infamous Kickstarter campaign, Veronica Mars is the film sequel to the much beloved but scarcely watched CW series that followed the adventures of a teenage private eye. Mars solved mysteries surrounding the seedy denizens of the fictional Neptune California, a beach town where the rich socialites and working class heroes clash quite frequently and often violently. The series was a terrific mix of Nancy Drew and Raymond Chandler, give or take a Buffy, airing for three seasons before being canceled. But thanks to creator Rob Thomas' audacious Kickstarter and a brewing cult of fans, Veronica Mars has been given a second chance at life, a chance that precious few shows receive.
The film picks up with Veronica (Kristen Bell) knocking on 30's door and enjoying a comfortable life in New York City with her long time boyfriend Piz (Chris Lowell). Her youthful gumshoe years are well behind her, but her old life comes back into swing when former flame Logan Echolls (Jason Dohring) is charged with murdering his starlet girlfriend. Veronica tells herself that she only wants to consult a friend, but Neptune's magnetic pull becomes too hard to resist.
The film is a ton of fun. It's still as whip smart as the series ever was, and the quips whiz by effortlessly and constantly... often right over the heads of those who aren't already baptized by the gospel of Veronica. The show quickly falls back into familiar rhythms, and the nine years away haven't dulled the character's verbal barbs. Prepare to be bathed in waves of wit. Even outside of the near-relentless banter, the show maintains a nice and heavy sense of tension when the mystery sets in, and things get serious. While the actual mystery itself is far from brilliant, it's still engaging enough to entertain. In any case, the main course here is the characters, and they are as stellar as ever. Keith Mars (the fantastic Enrico Colantoni) is still the easy frontrunner for dad of the millennium.
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The most remarkable thing about the film is how much it feels like the Veronica Mars of old, and that's the best compliment we can pay it. The returning cast members slip into their old roles with so much ease, and the film never feels like it's straining to regain that old Neptune spark. It turns out that watching a near 30 Veronica is just as much fun as watching the sleuth in her teenage years. And the fact that the show's general formula doesn't feel out of place now that we're following a load of late 20-somethings instead of high schoolers probably says something about how smartly and strongly crafted the original show was in the first place.
Rob Thomas clearly isn't trying to broaden his formula to catch new fans, and it doesn't make sense that he'd do so anyway. This is clearly a film built from the ground up for Veronica Mars fans, as it should be. A hefty intro montage at the beginning tries its best to get newcomers caught up on the three seasons of the television show, but if you didn't spend at least a couple hours cruising along the seedy streets of Neptune all those years ago, some of the film's charm might be lost on you.
The Veronica Mars film, at its core, is basically a damned good two hour episode of the original series. Now, that's not exactly ambitious, but the fans that put down their hard earned money to fund the film weren't necessarily paying for ambition. What we have here is unquestionably and purely Veronica Mars. So self-assured and comfortable in it's own celluloid skin, it's a film that dutifully embraces everything that made that series so brilliant and fun in the first place. Welcome home, Veronica, it's been a while.
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With the biggest mystery of How I Met Your Mother solved, we've taken the past couple of months to move onto new ones: Will Barney and Robin actually get married? Will the Mother die at the end of the series? Will Billy Zabka ever find happiness? And the somewhat overlooked question that we revisit in this week's episode — who did Lily call after that big fight with Marshall?
That last one ties into the larger query of whether or not the Eriksen-Aldrins would be relocating to Italy post-series. Last we left the argument, Lily conceded that the family should stay in the U.S., but this week's turn changed gears for the couple. In a love letter of sorts to How I Met Your Mother fans, Ted dons his sleuth cap to determine who Lily called when she drove off into the night, where she went, and what she did while there. Surprisingly enough, he's pretty close.
In lieu of meeting Robin's mother, Barney high tails his groomsmen (where the hell is his brother, by the way?) to the Captain's Northampton house after Marshall concludes that he must be the one who Lily phoned. That's where the hypothesizing takes place, with Ted drawing elaborate conclusions from minuscule clues to determine the true nature of Lily's secret... well, the false nature (he thought she was hiding the fact that she'd been smoking), but it did lead to the true nature (spoilers!): she's pregnant. This reveal, plus a good swift kick in the ass from his conscience, leads Marshall to decide that the family should in fact move to Italy. And, as far as we learn from a flash forward, they do. All of them — Marshall, Lily, Marvin, Marshall's mom, Lily's dad, and their new baby daughter Daisy.
Beyond just being a moreover fun episode, the aptly named "Daisy" is in a way Carter Bays and Craig Thomas breathing life into the mile-a-minute voices of their longtime fans. How I Met Your Mother audiences are full of theories on every element of the show... something it provokes and abets with its hints, misdirects, call-backs (and -forwards), and various other teases. Even telling us who the Mother is (Cristin Milioti, in case you forgot) didn't appease viewers; we've come up with plenty of other things to wonder about this year alone.
But as we saw with Sunday night's True Detective finale, questions aren't always answered in the way that audiences might want or anticipate. Not everything is about the mystery. So we worry that after nine years, HIMYM might come to a close that leaves viewers feeling incomplete.
Right now, we're obsessing over questions like those above, perhaps at the expense of the emotional (and humorous) core of the show, as was the case with many a True Detective viewer. In the end, that show was bout Rustin Cohle and Marty Hart — two troubled men who needed one another more than they could have anticipated. This show is about plenty in that vein, but we seem to be forgetting that.
We know, we're guilty of this too. But let's not make the same mistake as we might have with True Detective. Let's step away from all these harrowing questions and hold tight to the characters. We might feel duped or misled or underwhelmed by any of the How I Met Your Mother finale's "reveals," but we can bet that Bays and Thomas have something heartfelt and substantial in store for the conclusion of Ted's journey. And hopefully happy! Milioti did say that the death-of-the-Mother theory was "crazy," after all, so there's hope.
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